Has
my pollution affected a Third party (i.e., State's
Groundwater or drinking water)?

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Is
my house or office making my family or my employees
sick?

These
questions demand accurate, technical and professionally structured
responses. Oasis has experience with addressing the above questions
using the following investigational techniques:

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Soil Sampling

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Groundwater Sampling

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Storm
water Sampling

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Wastewater
Sampling

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Air
(ambient, stack, worksite)

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Noise

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Microbials

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Allergens
and Mold

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On and Off site investigations: File searching, interviewing,
database acquisition and interpretation

To
many individuals, the Environmental world is a mystery.
Terms like Phase I, 21E, SVE, Closure Report, LSP or LEP seem like
a foreign language. At Oasis, we clarify this language.

The
Environmental Site Assessment process is a major tool that individuals,
financial
institutions and Insurance companies utilize to quickly determine
the environmental condition of a property. Oasis has performed hundreds
of Phase I, II and III Environmental Site Assessments (ESA).

What
is an Environmental Site Assessment, and where did they originate?

The American
Society for Test and Materials (ASTM) Committee was formed in 1990
and currently has jurisdiction over the Commercial Real Estate Transactions
Subcommittee (E50.02) has established the standards for due diligence.
The term "due diligence" arose out of 1980 Comprehensive Environmental
Response and Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA). CERCLA empowers
the government to seek out and hold responsible those parties who
were involved in the environmental degradation of real property. Potential
and current property owners concerned about this real or potential
liability want to determine the following:

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Whether
the property has been impacted

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And if so, to what degree.

The
Phase I and Phase II processes provides these answers. The process
is guided by the following ASTM standards.

E1527-00 Standards Practice for Environmental Site Assessments:Phase I Environmental Site Assessments Process.

The
E1527-00 is a full ESA, which involves a site, visit inspection,
interviews, multiple file searches at local, State, and governmental
offices, properly locating and describing the site (i.e., wetlands,
flood zone) and a full report of findings. In other words, the environmental
history according to what has been recorded about the property and
what people know.

Based
on the information revealed in the Phase I or Transaction Screen,
a more invasive investigation may be recommended. The investigation
may involve soil, groundwater, and other destructive or non-destructive
sampling activities.

Results
of the Phase II investigation may lead to recommendations for remediation,
and that's called a Phase III. A Phase III is the process of cleaning
the site.

Please
note, ESA reporting requirements differ between States, and Oasis
can deliver the type of report your state requires.